Ebola Transmission

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Introduction

Workers from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) demonstrating proper attire worn in BSL-4 labs.

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The Ebola virus is Ebola is considered a Biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) agent. This indicates that it is among the most threatening agents that exist in the world today. Agents within this category pose severe threats to human health and can be fatal due to the lack of treatments and/or available vaccines.

Ebola Virus Structure

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Ebola Transmission

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Ebola Treatments

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Conclusion

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References

Phoolcharoen, Waranyoo, John M. Dye, et al. "A nonreplicating subunit vaccine protects mice against lethal Ebola virus challenge". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2011. Volume 180.51. p. 20695-0700.

Weingartl, Hana M., Carissa Embury-Hyatt, Charles Nfon, Anders Leung, Greg Smith, and gary Kobinger. "Transmission of Ebola virus from pigs to non-human primates". Scientific Reports 2. 2012.

Edited by (Victoria Rose Gawlik), a student of Nora Sullivan in BIOL187S (Microbial Life) in The Keck Science Department of the Claremont Colleges Spring 2013.